TITLE XI QUALIFICATIONS AND SELECTION OF GRAND AND PETIT JURORS Art. 401. General qualifications of jurors A. In order to qualify to serve as a juror, a person shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Be a citizen of the United States and of this state who has resided within the parish in which […]
Art. 401.1. Court instructions for interpreter A. When a person with a hearing loss is among the petit jury venire, the court shall: (1) Provide an interpreter for the deaf prospective juror. The interpreter shall be sworn in as an officer of the court. (2) Permit the interpreter to be present and assist a deaf […]
Art. 402. Repealed by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. January 1, 1975
Art. 403. Exemption from jury service Exemptions from jury service shall be as provided by rules of the Louisiana Supreme Court pursuant to Section 33(B) of Article V of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 108, §1; Acts 1970, No. 450, §1; Acts 1972, No. 35, §1; Acts 1972, No. 282, […]
Art. 403.1. Disqualification for undue hardship If the judge who presided over the impaneling of the grand jury finds that a grand juror can no longer serve without undue hardship, he may disqualify such juror and a substitute juror shall be selected in the same manner as for the filling of a vacancy. Added by […]
Art. 404. Appointment of jury commissions; term of office; oath; quorum; performance of functions of jury commissions in certain parishes A. Except as otherwise provided in this Article: (1) The jury commission of each parish shall consist of the clerk of court or a deputy clerk designated by him in writing to act in his […]
Art. 404.1. Powers, duties, and functions of the board of jury commissioners in Orleans Parish A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, this Article shall apply to the board of jury commissioners in Orleans Parish. In Orleans Parish, there shall be a board of jury commissioners, hereinafter referred to as "the board", composed of […]
Art. 405. Notice of jury commission meetings A. Each member of the jury commission shall be notified in writing of the time and place designated for a meeting of the commission, at least twenty-four hours prior to the meeting. B. The notice shall be issued by one of the members or the secretary of the […]
Art. 406. Powers of jury commission; penalty for disobedience of commission process In order to secure qualified jurors, the jury commission may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence relative to the qualifications of prospective jurors. Disobedience of a subpoena of a jury commission is punishable as contempt of […]
Art. 407. Administration of oath to witnesses A jury commissioner shall administer an oath to each witness appearing before the commission, in accordance with Article 14.
Art. 408. Selection of general venire in parishes other than Orleans A. In parishes other than Orleans, the jury commission shall select impartially at least three hundred persons having the qualifications to serve as jurors, who shall constitute the general venire. A list of persons so selected shall be prepared and certified by the clerk […]
Art. 408.1. Initial selection of general venire; source A. In developing a list of all persons who may be called for grand or petit jury duty: (1) It shall be determined by each judicial district whether the names of prospective jurors shall be drawn exclusively from voter registration lists or also drawn from other sources […]
Art. 409. Selection of general venire in Orleans Parish A. In the parish of Orleans, the jury commission shall select impartially at least seven hundred fifty persons having the qualifications to serve as jurors, who shall constitute the general venire. B. A list of the persons so selected shall be prepared and certified by the […]
Art. 409.1. Orleans parish central jury pool A. There is hereby created a central jury pool for the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans which shall be administered by the Jury Commission of the Parish of Orleans as hereinafter provided. B. In order to properly and adequately administer and operate the central jury […]
Art. 409.2. Jefferson Parish central jury pool A. The judges of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court for the parish of Jefferson, sitting en banc by majority vote may create a central jury pool for criminal and/or civil juries for the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court for the parish of Jefferson, which shall be administered by the […]
Art. 409.3. Central jury pools; local rules A. A district court may, by local rules adopted by majority vote of the judges, create and provide for the manner of administering a central jury pool for criminal and civil cases. The combined Orleans criminal and civil district courts shall be considered a district court for purposes […]
Art. 409.4. Nineteenth Judicial District Court central jury pool A. The Nineteenth Judicial District Court may, by local rules adopted by majority vote of the judges, create and provide for the manner of administering a central jury pool for criminal and civil cases. B. The central jury pool shall be selected from persons included within […]
Art. 409.5. One day/one trial jury system A. A district court may, by local rules adopted by a majority vote of all the judges of that district, create and provide for the manner of administering a one day/one trial jury system for criminal and civil cases. The combined Orleans criminal and civil district courts shall […]
Art. 410. Revising and supplementing the general venire A. At each commission meeting to revise and supplement the general venire, the commission shall examine the general venire list prepared at the previous selection of the general venire and shall delete therefrom the names of those persons who: (1) Have served as civil or criminal jurors […]
Art. 411. Drawing of grand jury venire; disposition of slips; jury box; subpoena of persons on grand jury venire A. Upon order of the court, the jury commission shall select by drawing indiscriminately and by lot from the general venire box the names of a sufficient number of not less than fifty persons from which […]
